Data · dataset · 2026
High-resolution gridded soil moisture and soil temperature datasets for the Indian monsoon region
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High-resolution soil moisture/temperature (SM/ST) are critical components of the growing demand for fine-scale products over the Indian monsoon region (IMR) which has diverse land-surface characteristics.
Description
This demand is fueled by findings that improved representation of land-state help improve rainfall/flood prediction. Here we report on the development of a high-resolution (4 km and 3 hourly) SM/ST product for 2001-2014 during Indian monsoon seasons (June-September).
First, the quality of atmospheric fields from five reanalysis sources was examined to identify realistic forcing to a land data assimilation system (LDAS). The evaluation of developed SM/ST against observations highlighted the importance of quality forcing fields. There is a significant relation between the forcing error and the errors in the SM/ST.
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A combination of forcing fields was used to develop 14-years of SM/ST data. This dataset captured inter-annual, intr-aseasonal, and diurnal variations under different monsoon conditions. When the mesoscale model was initialized using the SM/ST data, improved simulations of heavy rain events was evident, demonstrating the value of the data over IMR.
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- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7qn69qm ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/high-resolution-gridded-soil-moisture-and-soil-tempera… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=de278507-4e3d-4d1d-9095-149daf99a… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research | de278507-4e3d-4d1d-9095-149daf99a429 | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
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